The World Bank pioneered global HIV and AIDS financing early in the emergency and remains committed to achieving Millennium Development Goal 6, to halt by 2015 and begin to reverse the spread of HIV and AIDS, through prevention, care, treatment, and mitigation services for those affected by HIV and AIDS.
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The objectives of the Health, HIV/AIDS
and TB Project are to (i) to improve access to and quality
of health services in Swaziland with a particular focus on
primary... Show More + health care, maternal health and Tuberculosis (TB),
and (ii) to increase social safety net access for orphans
and vulnerable children (OVC). The project comprises of
three main components: (i) strengthening the capacity of the
health sector, (ii) facility-level support to improve
access, quality and efficiency of services, and (iii)
strengthening of the orphans and vulnerable children (OVC)
safety net. Component one will support interventions, which
will strengthen the capacity of the health care system at
different levels especially in the areas of governance,
management and performance. Component two will: (a) provide
support to clinics, health centers and hospitals to improve
access to and quality of health services, and (b) support
nursing training institutions to expand midwifery training.
Component three aims to strengthen the capacity of the
Department of Social Welfare (DSW) and the National
Children's Coordination Unit (NCCU) to provide social
safety net access for OVC. This will be done through two
phases: (3a) capacity building and systems strengthening,
and (3b) cash transfer pilot for OVC. Show Less -

The objective of the Health, HIV/AIDS,
and Tuberculosis (TB) Project is to assist the Government of
Swaziland in fighting HIV/AIDS by addressing the major gaps
in implementing... Show More + its HIV/AIDS national strategic plan,
particularly in health system strengthening and HIV/AIDS
related social protection. Negative measures include:
inadequate budgetary resource allocations, absence of
private sector participation, weak Health Care Waste
Management (HCWM) legislative framework, and non
formalization of HCWM in the institutions. Mitigation
measures include: i) organize training activities for actors
concerned (health staff, HCW handlers, municipal collectors
of wastes, managers of public landfills, etc.); ii)
implement information and education campaigns about HCW for
the general public; iii) reinforce institutional and
technical capacities and improve existing regulations; iv)
support partnership initiatives between public, private, and
civil society in HCWM; and v) develop a comprehensive
legislative framework and guidelines. Show Less -